MARY-TERESE HANSEN

Mary-Terese Hansen, loving mother and wife, joined her dearly missed husband, Finn, on July 7, 2013. She was born on December 3, 1927 in Fort Montgomery to William E. Cobey and Julia Morganthauler.

Mary-Terese was a founding member of the Fort Montgomery Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, life member of Town of Highlands Ambulance Corps., and spent her life in public service. She was an active member of the Republican Party, served on the town council, and worked in the Town of Highlands all her life in numerous jobs, including police dispatcher and building inspector. A staunch volunteer in every sense of the word, she worked tirelessly for the town and the people she so dearly loved.

Survivors include her three children: Anna Lise Hansen and her husband, Robert Barnes, Patricia and her husband, William Pfeister, Finn and his wife, Candie Hansen; grandchildren: Suzanna Leska-ODell, Jonathan and his wife, Kristin Leska, Julianna and her husband, Kyle Bentley, Annalise Hansen, Tracie Smith and Robert and his wife, Heather Barnes; great-grandchildren: Cooper, William, Kathryn, James and Jonathan. She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Finn (Poppy) and her brother, William E. Cobey.

Known as MT to those who knew her, she will be dearly missed by family and friends and will best be remembered by her years of public service and her little red car seen around town!

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 19th at William F. Hogan Funeral Home, 135 Main Street, Highland Falls, NY. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 20th at Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Rte 9W, Fort Montgomery, NY. Interment will follow in Eagle Valley Cemetery, Town of Highlands, NY.